"The pure nature of the mind- emptiness, lucidity, and intelligence without limit have always been inside us." Kalu Rinpoche

Elizabeth Shelhart has always been deeply connected to the body and breath. She began studying dance when she was four years old and became a statewide competitive gymnast by the time she was nine. When she stopped training in gymnastics, Elizabeth came back to dance and eventually discovered yoga at the age of eighteen. Yoga was a perfect synthesis of her years of dance and gymnastics, and around this time she began studying Buddhism and Eastern religions as well. When she was twenty, Elizabeth lived in India for six months and fully immersed herself in the land of yoga's origins. This experience profoundly changed her life, and her yoga and meditation practice deepened. Upon return to the U.S., Elizabeth completed a rigorous Dharma Yoga teacher training. This approach emphasizes yoga postures as well as meditation and other Buddhist practices and philosophies. She also completed a Yoga Therapy training and became a Certified Massage Therapist. Over the last few years, Elizabeth has studied more in-depth aspects of yoga and meditation with many renowned teachers such as Sarah Powers, Thich Nhat Hanh, Anne Cushman, Tara Brach, and Paul Grilley. She is currently enrolled in a two year Mindfulness and Yoga training at Spirit Rock. After many years in private practice as a yoga teacher and massage therapist, Elizabeth felt the deep calling to work with pregnant women and birth. Her work here began after she was asked to assist several close friends in the births of their babies. She felt honored to support these women and understood that more training would allow an even greater ability to help. She attended Cornerstone Doula School and delved wholeheartedly into the medical as well as the spiritual aspects of childbirth. As a yoga teacher and bodyworker, Elizabeth is passionate about creating optimal health and finds it rewarding to share this with her clients and students. She models what she teaches and loves to offer what she has learned through years of personal and spiritual work. Nutrition, herbal medicine, astrology, conscious dance, and lifestyle coaching are other modalities which she is well versed in. Elizabeth truly offers a holistic approach in her work. She loves guiding others to find their own understanding of presence, truth, joy, connection to their heart, and ease in their body~ allowing one's true nature to shine.